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a-de, M. a charm to briny home the ijhost of one 

 killed in war. 



a-de-bi-kpa-ni (da cbi), n. that which starves one, 



A-de-g'b6, ?». The name of a man, meaning who 

 comes to hear. 



a-de-hCir), n. bargain, covenant ; contracted; 



a-de-ke, n. a liar. 



a-de'-le-lj^ (lie), n. a newly married woman, a 

 bride. 



a-de-mo, a-de-mu, n. a water-gourd. 



a-de-na (ona), n. who lies in ambush ; an impe- 

 diment. 



a-de-bi, n. condemnation, 



a-de-te (da etc), n. a leper. 



a-de-ti-si-le, n. a listener to private conversation. 



a-di, n. a binding, tangling, <kc. See di. 



a-dl, n. oil of the palm-nut kernel. 



a-dl, conj. notwithstanding, after all. 



a-di-d5g, n. flour of parched com, anything savory. 



a-di-dzd. (di idza), n. coming to blows or to a fight. 



a-di-dzi, n. a scarecrow, a fright, 



a-di-dzu, n. a blinder or deceiver, 



a'-di-e. See adire. 



a-dl-gba-ro, n, a colander, 



a-dl-lu, n, child's game of casting lots, 



a-di-ini-ni6 (da mimo), n, a sanctifier, sancti- 

 ficaticm, 



a-di-in6, n. he who shuts one in, state of being 

 shut in. 



a-di-in5, n. a secret covenant, a plot. 



a-di-mu, n. who holds fast, a holding fast ; used 

 also as a proper name. 



a-dir)-gbe, n, which is dried over the fire, jerked 

 meat. 



a'-dl-re, n. a domestic fowl, 



a-di-ro, n, a colander, 



a-di-si (da isi), n. an inventor, (Rom. 1, 30.) 



a-di-tar)-in5 (da itaij), n, a tracing of kinship. 



a-dl-tl (eti), n. a deaf person. 



a-do, n. a small gourd used for a vial. 



a-d6, n. an adulterer; lewdness. 



a-do-do-dze, num. one hundred and thirty (cow- 

 ries) each .■ clo o ta a ? how dost thou sell it ? 

 adododze, one hundred and thirty each. 



a-do-dze, num. one hundred and thirty. 



a-do-gui) (da oguq), n. which causes tear. 



a-do-dz9, num. one hundred and sixty. 



a-d6-dzo-dzo, num, one hundred and sixty each. 

 Sec adododze. 



a-do-do-fa, num, one hundred and ten each. 



a-d9-fa, num. one hundred and ten. 



a-d5i), n. fiavor, taste, sweetness. 



a-dp-rip, num. seventy. 



a-do'-ro-rir), num. seventy each. 



a-do'-ro-ruij, num. ninety each. 



a-do-rur), num. ninety, 



a-do-sag, num, one hundred and seventy. 



a-do'-so-sap, num. mie hundred and seventy each. 



a-do-ta, num. fifty. 



a-do'-to-ta, num. fifty each, 



a-du, H. a few: sAm hrAsi, a few people, 



a-dti, n, a very black person, 



a'-du-gb6, n, an old acquaintance, a neighbor, 



a-du'-gbo-lil. a stumbling block, 



a-du-kpe, n, thanks, thankfulness: adukpe lodo 



Ol9ru]3, tlianks to Ood, 

 a-du-ra, n, prayer to God only. 

 a-dza, n. a dog ; a fairy skilled in medicine, 

 d.-dza, n, an attic, a loft, a ceiling overhead. 

 a-dza. Sec adzara, of which it is a contraction. 

 a-dza-ba, n. troicble, unhappiness, 

 a-dz9.-b5, n. escape through hard struggling. 

 a-dza-di, n, which is broken in the bottom ; adzadi 



agboij, a broken bottom basket, 

 a-dza-dze, n. a low, mean fellow. 

 a-dza-e, n. a cord with which a prisoner's hand is 



bound to his neck, 

 4-dza-ga, n, a neck-shackle, a yoke, 

 a-dza-ga-dzi-gi, n, a violent jerking at something 



solid, 

 a-dza-gboi), n, the tamarind-tree. 

 a-dza-gun, n, a soldier, a title of respect much like 



" esquire." 

 a-dza-i-lS, n, a ceiling over the mouth of a grave 



or pit, 

 a-dza-ka, a-dza-ka-le, n, an epidemic, pestilence. 

 a-dza'-ka-su (die aka^u), n. one who eats the large 



loaf, i. e. who has plenty, 

 a-dza-ko (oko), n, a kind of wild dog, 

 a-dza-kpa, n, a petty trader, a nickname given to 



the tortoise, 

 a-dzi-ia. See adzkhb. 



a-dza'-na-kpa, n. a bird-snare made of cloth. 

 a-dza'-na-ku, n. the elephant. 

 a-dzai), w. meat cut small to retail. 

 a-dza-o, n. a kind of large bat. 

 fi.-dza-6-SU, n. the moon's dog, i. c. the evening star. 



See aguala. 

 a-dza-ra, n. a climbing plant the leaves of which 



impart a black stain. 

 a-dz§, n. the god of money, fortune, 

 a-dze-dze, n, a stranger or alien : adzedic ilu, a 



strange or foreign town ; se adzedze si, to be es- 

 tranged from, (Ps. 78, 30.) 

 a-dze-re, n, an earthen pot pierced full of holes to 



dry meat in. 

 a-dze, n. a paddle, an oar. 

 a-dz§, n. a witch. 



a-dze-kdr), n. a remnant after eating. 

 a-dze-kpd, n. the cud, an eating together. 



